At 3:22PM 5/2/00 -0700, you wrote:
Michael, even though we would like to count this response as a fire drill,
I do not.  I have been involved with some agencies that do.

It is important that the fire official conducting the fire drill be
on-scene prior to the activation to observe:
* the evacuation process (did they use the escape plan, did they all leave
the building)
* did persons use elevators,
* were the persons with disabilities get evacuated,
* did the evacuation mapped pre-plan work or does it need revisited,
* did all strobes/horns work,
* did the main fire panel & remote panels work correctly

Please review the attached form that I produced for use during FIRE DRILLS

Good try.
James G. Trubia, Fire Protection Manager
University of Oregon


At 11:59 AM 5/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I would like to throw this out to the list:
>
>If a fire alarm is activated in a building, and upon arrival, the responders
>find that it is a false alarm, then the responders make sure the building has
>been fully evacuated, does this constitute a fire drill?
>
>MJF
>
>Michael Fox
>Dep. Fire Inspector
>Yale University
>Office of the Fire Marshal
>314 Prospect Street
>New Haven, CT 06515
>voice: 203-432-9924
>fax: 203-432-8937
>email: [log in to unmask]